Mark and the Secret Caverns Author:John Freeman The story of two friends who explore a cavern that one of them fell into by accident. But as they travel further into the tunnels that lead off the cavern they find a way through a small gap to a much bigger and better cavern. As they are climbing in they also find a package on ledges above the exit from the gap, which is high in the cavern roof... more ».
They are soon discovered by local warriors who live nearby. At first they think they are outcasts who's leader has stolen a ceremonial dagger. When Donald tells Mark that the package that they found contains the stolen dagger he has to convince Kale the warrior leader that they found the dagger and will return it. However this turns out to be more difficult than they thought as the local bully Neil has found the dagger after he saw Donald hide it. After a great deal of trouble they manage to retrieve the dagger and return it. But later when they try to return to visit again they find the outcasts have taken over the village and the warriors have had to escape.
Mark and Donald along with Donald's sister Lyndsey (Who threatened to stop them going if she was not allowed to go with them) help some warriors left behind in the hills. Mark helps them as they re-join the rest of the villagers and attempt to re-take their village from the outcasts. Mark also finds out from Kale information that helps him work out where he and his friends are and how they got there.
Mark also finds a way to make future visits easier but of course there are always drawbacks.« less